Thursday, April 29, 2010

The April 2010 update for the regular report to Congress has just been release by the Dept of Defense. Note, some links are long and may break in transmission so recommend copying and pasting into your browser if necessary, or go to http://www.defense.gov/pubs/

Center for Hemispheric Policy· Challenges to Security in the Hemisphere Task Forceo China's Challenge, Latin America's Opportunitieso The Cuba-Venezuela Challenge to Hemispheric Security: Implications for the United Stateso Grand Strategy for Assertiveness: International Security and U.S.-Brazil Relationso Russia and Latin America: Motives and Consequenceso What are the Persians Doing Over Here?

Army Nuclear and Combating WMD Agency (USANCA)· Combating WMD Journal (Issue 4, Fall/Winter 2009) o CWMD Planningo Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: Aligning Capabilities with National Strategyo Just When We Thought the Hard Part Was Overo Toward a New Deterrent Analysis and Recommendations for the Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United Stateso CBRN Standardization in NATO (Non-Medical)o Medical Microbots Are Nearer Than You Think?o The Zero Hour - Silver Bullets for Peace in the Middle Easto Opportunities for Higher Education in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Marylando "Peace is Our Profession": The U.S. Air Force during the Cold Waro Chemical Warfare: Part IIo Combating WMD Resources

Henley-Putnam· Journal of Strategic Security, v. 3, no. 1, Spring 2010 o Geographic Trajectories of Al-Qaida and Taliban Terrorist Groups in Pakistano Global Risk of Nuclear Terrorismo Intelligence and Its Role in Protecting Against Terrorismo Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorismo Toward a New Trilateral Strategic Security Relationship: United States, Canada, and Mexicoo Strategic Asymmetric Deception and Its Role in the Current Threat Environment

Indian National Interest· Pragati, The Indian National Interest Review, April 2010, no.37o Peacekeeping: India’s Chance to Lead: Why India Should Redefine the Future of UN peacekeeping (p. 12-16) o India Should Extend its Role in Afghanistan: The World Can Ill-Afford a Taliban Triumph (p. 20-22)o Nuclear Protected Terrorism: The Future of India-Pakistan Rivalry (p. 17-19)